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ROW80, or A Round of Words in 80 Days, is “the writing challenge that knows you have a life.” It allows you to set specific, measurable, and adaptable goals for yourself. What it’s not mentioned enough: you meet amazing people who share your interests, you cheer them on, and...

Time for the last ROW80 Round 1 update! You can find my set of goals here. Round 1 of 2012 ROW80 ends today, March 22nd. And the second round begins on April 2nd. * * * First, the results. Writing goals: Write 2,500 words/week. I ended up with 24,914 WIP words, a 1,430-word short story,...

Time for a ROW80 update! You can find my new set of goals here. I like the new post format since the reboot: updates only on Sundays and always with a little something else. Round 1 of 2012 ROW80 ends on March 22nd. This is the second to last update. *...

Time for a ROW80 update! You can find my new set of goals here. I like the new post format since the reboot: updates only on Sundays and always with a little something else. I missed last week’s update due to a short trip. This post is an update of the...

Time for a ROW80 update! You can find my new set of goals here. I like the new post format since the reboot: updates only on Sundays and always with a little something else. This week’s surprise is a different kind of mashup. Please see below. * * * Writing goals: Write...

Time for a ROW80 update! You can find my new set of goals here. I like the new post format since the reboot: updates only on Sundays and always with a little something else. Writing goals: Write 2,500 words/week. 2,137 words. Not bad. I’ll cheat and mark it green. Outline of BLUE...

Time for a ROW80 update! You can find my new set of goals here. I like the new post format since the reboot: updates only on Sundays and always with something else. One of the extra offerings today is a witty video that my friend, author Martina Dalton, showed to us on our last critique meeting....

Back in the saddle again. Time for a ROW80 update! This has been a wildly eventful weekend, and that’s not even counting the Superbowl party I’m hosting today. More details tomorrow. But I still had time to work on my goals! You can find my new set of goals...

I mentioned in a previous post that my original ROW80 goals weren’t working for me. Snow, bad habits, and self-doubt derailed my original plan and made me lose my focus. On the other hand, it was a good time to be inspired. Bob Mayer’s Write It Forward workshop has been...

Here’s my ROW80 Sunday update. For the list of goals, click here. This was a strange week. It snowed in Seattle for 5 straight days, we couldn’t drive anywhere, and the family stayed home. At least, we didn’t lose power, like so many in our state. Most of my goals...

Here’s my ROW80 Sunday update. For the list of goals, click here. Writing goals: 1k words/day; 5k/week: Thanks to the #ROW80 #wordsprints, wrote 5,107 words this week! Detailed outline of sequel (codename Blue): I have a rough outline ready. Rough outline of WIP (codename Crimson): Yes! Did a lot of work on the...

Here’s my ROW80 update. For the list of goals, click here. Fellow #ROW80-ers told me I could adjust the goals midway through the challenge. It’s good to know we have this failsafe. I might have been too ambitious. But I don’t want to cut my writing goals. Writing goals: 1k words/day; 5k/week: 2,514...